New to Atheist Forums! =D
February 11, 2011 at 2:49 am
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2011 at 3:11 am by IronicAlchemist.)
Hello everyone! I'm new here, as the title says.
My boyfriend, Brandon Vaughan (or other wise known as The Skeptic on here) is the one that encouraged me to join the Atheist Forums. Thanks to him introducing atheism to me and educating me about it , plus doing some research and reading of my own, I now consider myself an atheist. I have lost my faith. And It was honestly the best decision I have ever made. Its funny because before I decided that I was an atheist, I was religious and I did get "saved" and baptized, but I was never a hardcore Fundamentalist Christian or anything close to that. But I was a Baptist for a while, and I did call myself Spiritual for a pretty long time after that. But Ive noticed that since I made the switch to atheism, I have been much happier. I don't do the "right" things out of fear for a big beard man in the sky anymore. I don't pray every night because I did something "wrong". I don't fear Jesus coming back anymore , when everyone else around me is so excited for it. And most importantly , I have matured from the change and I actually even have more confidence. I even feel like I am a lot smarter now too. I'm proud to be an Atheist.
Some other things about me... I really love animals, especially the primates. I also really love the sea animals too but animals in general , I really enjoy. I love science and history, my two favorite subjects. I'm not very good at math but I'm trying to learn to like it. At the moment I'm majoring in the Associates in Science program at Spartanburg Community College. I plan on transfereing to a four year college, possibly maybe University of South Carolina Upstate. But I could always change my mind, depending on what science field I stick with. I enjoy a lot of things such as reading, discovering art, watching movies, shopping, etc. I really love to travel too , and seeing different things and places. That has to be my all time favorite past time. I'm working at Family Dollar at the moment, part time. Its not the best exciting job, but it gives me an income and thats all that matters.
So that was my introduction. I'm new to this forum and it is actually my first forum that I have ever joined, so feel welcome to leave me plenty of comments and make me feel at home. I'm looking forward to making some friends!
=)
My boyfriend, Brandon Vaughan (or other wise known as The Skeptic on here) is the one that encouraged me to join the Atheist Forums. Thanks to him introducing atheism to me and educating me about it , plus doing some research and reading of my own, I now consider myself an atheist. I have lost my faith. And It was honestly the best decision I have ever made. Its funny because before I decided that I was an atheist, I was religious and I did get "saved" and baptized, but I was never a hardcore Fundamentalist Christian or anything close to that. But I was a Baptist for a while, and I did call myself Spiritual for a pretty long time after that. But Ive noticed that since I made the switch to atheism, I have been much happier. I don't do the "right" things out of fear for a big beard man in the sky anymore. I don't pray every night because I did something "wrong". I don't fear Jesus coming back anymore , when everyone else around me is so excited for it. And most importantly , I have matured from the change and I actually even have more confidence. I even feel like I am a lot smarter now too. I'm proud to be an Atheist.
Some other things about me... I really love animals, especially the primates. I also really love the sea animals too but animals in general , I really enjoy. I love science and history, my two favorite subjects. I'm not very good at math but I'm trying to learn to like it. At the moment I'm majoring in the Associates in Science program at Spartanburg Community College. I plan on transfereing to a four year college, possibly maybe University of South Carolina Upstate. But I could always change my mind, depending on what science field I stick with. I enjoy a lot of things such as reading, discovering art, watching movies, shopping, etc. I really love to travel too , and seeing different things and places. That has to be my all time favorite past time. I'm working at Family Dollar at the moment, part time. Its not the best exciting job, but it gives me an income and thats all that matters.
So that was my introduction. I'm new to this forum and it is actually my first forum that I have ever joined, so feel welcome to leave me plenty of comments and make me feel at home. I'm looking forward to making some friends!
=)
Sarah M
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." Carl Sagan
It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!
Mark Twain
"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human."
(David Bowie)
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."
(Hypatia of Alexandria)
"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child-mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after-years relieved of them. In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you can not get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."
Hypatia
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." Carl Sagan
It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!
Mark Twain
"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human."
(David Bowie)
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."
(Hypatia of Alexandria)
"Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child-mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after-years relieved of them. In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you can not get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."
Hypatia
